Dinosaur Hunters
You may have been on a ‘Bear Hunt’ at Nursery but now you can take your children on a ‘Dinosaur Hunt’ and you’re guaranteed to find a ‘big one!’

During your visit the class will spilt into two groups and rotate between a self-guided ‘We’re Going on a Dinosaur Hunt’ trail with their own mini dinosaurs and a handling session in the Museum classroom looking at fossils and dinosaurs to explore what dinosaurs really were and how we know about them.

Funny Bones
Starting with a reading of ‘Funny Bones’, we explore what a skeleton is and why animals have them. See and touch different skeleton types and handle live bugs to feel their super skeletons!

Nursery Rhyme Animals
Explore the real characters behind Humpty Dumpty and Incy-Wincy and how we classify life around us. This session uses nursery rhymes to introduce children to the real animals the rhymes are based on. Using real museum specimens and the Nursery Rhymes Humpty Dumpty, Incy-Wincy Spider, Five Little Spotted Frogs, Hickory Dickory Dock and Two Little Dicky Birds we investigate what mammals, amphibians, birds, reptiles and bugs are and what kind of egg Humpty might have been!

Bug Bonanza
After reading ‘The Bugliest Bug’ children explore the wonderful world of bugs and minibeasts and find out what makes an insect an insect and a spider a spider. Explore some of our spectacular 5 million pinned insects and some live ones too.

The Snake's Tale
Take our super-sized soft snake on a self-guided slither around the Museum to see our spectacular specimens. Your journey is guided by the snake’s story and a map showing where to discover the creatures he met along the way. The snake poses questions for observant little eyes to find the answers to. Each snake can take 6 children and one adult on a tour.